(2003) Calling all 2003 babies

Hi Pris ... glad to hear the fever has come down. How many has he taken? We usually gave Ben only 1 or 2 fruit only, depending on how big?

Hi Isabella ... can try pouring, scooping, using tweezer to train up the fine motor skills ... I intend to get B to do it again if I can find the time.

Hi Sherlyn, didn't know spelling is not allowed. I thot only hanyu pinyin? Anyway, B came home with a spelling book today... he even has to write "ting xie" on the page.

.ky.
 


Hi KY ... yes, very glad fever is down. He usually can take up to 5 - 6 seeds if the seeds are the tiny type, he loves those creamy and bittersweet one. This time he took only 2-3 seeds as he was busy playing with the 2 older boys.
 
Hi Mummies

One of my colleague's 3yrs old son has been on ventilation tube since 1yr old due to HFMD virus. Heart and nerve surgeon is willing to operate for free with 70% recovery but surgery done at Mount Elizabeth will cost up to $75K. Can anyone advise me of any funding that can assist her?? My colleague, Idah is really at a lost as she doesn't know where to get money for her son's surgery. Thanks mummies..

http://rifhana.multiply.com/journal/item/199
 
Hi Joanne, I'm really sad to hear what happened to your frenz son. Maybe she can talk to the social worker in the hospital?? But I'm not sure if Mount E Have any. I know KK do have.. Why nt ask her to talk to the doctor and ask for some kind of assistant?
 
Hi Isabella

From what I knew from my friend, surgeon is asking for further discount from the hospital but no matter how much discount the hospital can offer, she will not be able to afford the surgery fees. Previous stay when baby had HFMD infection has emptied both her and her dad's medisave, so she really need to get some funding aid..

http://rifhana.multiply.com/journal (Seeking Help For Muhd Raiyan Shafiq- Pls Read!)

During Benny's multiple surgery last yr, you mummies gave me a lot of moral support. For my colleague's son.. I really wish I could do something for her to help both my friend and her baby...
 
Hi Joanne,
I'm sorry to hear about your colleague's son. Just curious, why Mt E and not KKH? The former being a private hospital will cost alot more, not that KKH is any cheaper now. I'm just wondering, that's all.

I have some suggestions, not sure if its feasible though.

1. work out some interest-free instalment scheme with the hospital;
2. write to her MP for help; and
3. club rainbow www.clubrainbow.org.
 
Joanne, read about the boy on the paper. Think Sarah made a good suggestion. I think the Muslim self-help group would also help them if they approach them.
 
Pris
Passion fruit is heaty.. Cos it's full of passion~ (Wahahahaha~) No lahx~ Just being lame.. But passion fruit is heaty..
 
Sarah

Surgeon is a doc attached to Mount E so it's quite difficult to get them to operate Raiyan in KKH. And clubrainbow is for kids with cancer so most likely, they'll not be able to help..

Any other organizations my friend can approach for help?? Thanks a million

Pris,
currently my friend and her sister is getting the reporters from the papers to publish an article on her son.. after which she will approach MUIS hoping to get more effective help from them.
 
Isablla, we are trying not to give my boy too much heaty food. And passion fruit is one of his favourite. We are worried that if he takes too much heaty food, he gets fever. It was what happened when he took durians and his body was too heaty.

Joanne, I think she can also get help from Clubrainbow, no harm trying, I am sure the newspapers should be of a great help. Going to the MP can also help as they will know of more organisations that can help her.
 
Pris
IC.. Maybe you can make some barley water or 'ling yang' for him to 'cool' his body?? Cos I find that actually most of the food we eat are heaty.. Maybe making the drink will help him...
 
Hi joanne
the social worker can direct your friend to the correct organisation, get her to speak to one in the hospital or call a family service centre for advice.
 
Isabella, he has been drinking barley water, herbal tea and chrysanthum tea alternate day plus lots of fruit juice. When he was having fever, he was taking ling yang for 3 straight days. Think both him and I have heaty body.
 
Pris~
Why dun you get advice from TCM sinseh??
I brought my eldest son to see when he did nt poo for straight 3 days when he's still a baby.. The sinseh will tell u ur baby is those heaty or not by nature... At least after that when we prepare food, we know what to give more what to give lesser~
 
Isabella, Kai has been to TCM sinseh. In fact when he is young we went for 3 times weekly tuina and he also takes TCM medication and sinseh told us before he is heaty body.
 
hi...
actually my kids also easily get heaty...
actually heard that it is good to let them drink "cooking" soup occassionally...
e.g double-bowl chinese pear with rock sugar, xi yang cai tang,fen guo tang(cantonese soup, which i intend to learn from my aunt)...erhm... and various soups lo...
 
hi mommies...

i have a big headache here...
my boy is always being complained by the school teacher that he is not concentrating in class and always playing "fighting"... He loves Ultraman and Power Rangers. Is actually due to his stay with his grandfather before I bring him back to stay with us when we shifted this year and change to the current school to attend his K1.

Thus, his "growing up" period is with Ultraman and Power Rangers... which I am so sad and very eager to shake that images off him now. The teacher complain that he always drift off and day dream during lessons, thus making him real slow in asborption of new things and impair his learning abilities. Many a times I asked him what he is thinking in school...he think abit and says Ultraman/ power ranger.... I really hats off... and sometimes teaching him at home would set me off as in he not listening to what I am talking...

Any mommies with same experience to share??
 
Isabella...

Hi,you seriously thinking of bringing your son for it? Actually my son concentrates if he is on hands-on stuff/creative activities...
He actually has been in a private child-care centre from 18months till N2.
Only change school at K1 to the NTUC childcare due to house-shifting.I really wonder is it the teaching methods of the teacher is too dry, as the teacher is in her late 40s,firm and "principal" looking type... I intend to speak to her on my son...feel like she is abit biase against him......mmm
 
Hi mummies,

Would anyone be interested to send your child to a homebased maths program conducted by an ex-preschool teacher?
It will be a preparatory progarm for kids going to P1. Children will be taught using manipulatives, through stories and games to build their conceptual knowledge.
The aim is to arouse their interest and be motivated in learning math skills in an interesting way.
This program will be conducted in a small group basis (4-6chn)to encourage peer learning and team work.Activity sheets will also be given to children so that they could apply and reinforce the concepts learnt.
Please post your queries if you are interested to find out more.
 
2boys_mum
Yes. Would like to get my boy assessed.. I dunno hw i should put it.. I feel that he's a little.. He can't speak properly.. Mild stutter...

Lovekds
Where is the programme conducted?? The fees??

Would like to ask if any mimmies here knows where to get FUN & Educational CD-Rom for kids age 3-6?? Pls recommend!!! Thanks in advance!
 
Hi Isabella,

My ex-colleague consulted polyclinic doctor and was referred to KKH. The process is much longer as referrals from polyclinic usually takes longer. If you like to have the waiting time shorter, go to your GP/PD to get them for referrals to KKH. Charges @ KKH will be different as referred from polyclinic and GP/PD.

She shared that she actually regret to consult professional assessment at much later stage when he is around 5yrs old. She can handle him much better now.

Hi 2boys_mum, it's good idea to talk to the teacher or principal first. I know of a parent who did that, and seeked the principal's agreement to let her monitor her child in class for consecutive sessions after some numerous feedback on her child's behaviour.
 
isabella,

ic...is your boy very active and mischievious? do you let him watch cartoons often? does he has siblings? you also receive comments from the teacher?

moo87,

ic... u mean i can sit in to monitor his progress? not sure the principal approve ornot? feels that the teachers in the school has more say than the principal.... :p
 
2boys_mum
He's my eldest. He have another 2 younger brothers.. He's very playful but quite obedient.
As for the CD, Where did you get it from??

any other recommendations??
 
Hi 2boys_mum,

No harm asking the teacher as well. If teacher cant, reason out with the prinicpal. We cant be denied of getting the best approach of our kids.
 
moo87...
as expected...teacher says doesnt help...she really seems very stern...always frown...I see her I also sianzzz... I told her is it maybe her lessons very dry / uninteresting, she says other children follows through well, just that my boy drifts off most of the time...and also eating time, he will suddenly sits down there,and she needs to remind him to continue to eat. She then finally brings up that she has to manage ard 20nos. children, cant be always reminding my boy this and that. Though,she admits that he did improve since past 2months when he is new.
mmm...
even though i am disheartened with this teacher...let alone my boy.... oh ...
but i think that switching school even worse...
now just hope that both me and my child can fight through this tough period...

Isabella
the CDs,you can get it from Popular Bookstore
ya,same goes with my boy.he's the eldest, with a younger brother for the time being,as I am pregnant...I feel that he is actually a very obedient child,just that super playful and cant stand/sit still.
 
2boys_mum
Ya, mine too.. Doc suspect that he suffer from autism when he was about a yr old or so.. But i dun believe it as i was very stubborn in the past. He became better gradually. But my mil say that since last yr, he start to stutter a little.. Sad to say.. My son still couldn't speak well..
 
Hi all. Long time no post. Just like to share my visit to the open house of my alumni - Da Qiao (a neighbourhood sch at AMK) today. Moshi, wanted to ask you along since so near your place but I remember you have already decided on Ai Tong. Actually I'm also just browsing cos I have no firm plans yet.

Anyway, I was very impressed with what I heard and saw. Firstly, there is no exam for P1 till Oct. They also have an interesting and comprehensive reading programme that caters to the average, the advanced as well as the weaker students. The classroom is big and spacious - there is a cosy reading corner where the kids can pick up story books that are marked out by different symbols to cater to their reading ability; there is a games corner where toys and manipulatives are placed as teaching aids, the classroom is bright and cheery, decorated with the writings and drawings by the students; the P1 students get trained in gym and speech and drama by outside instructors (eg Julia Gabriel) etc etc. If they had a registration counter, I would have signed up immediately though it's not our turn yet.

Then again, I wonder if all schools are equally or even more impressive nowadays. This is the first time I stepped into a pri sch since I last did relief teaching like 13 years ago and I don't remember all these fun stuff. In fact, at the time when I did relief teaching, the sch was still very much like what I remembered as a Pri sch student. So I was very excited today cos it sounded like P1 would be quite fun despite my worries that JK would be bored with more learning.

Mummies who have seen other pri schs recently, please share what you have learnt from your visits too.
 
On daydreaming, my son also belongs to this category. He can do things fast and even well when he is focused (although the occasions that he focuses are too few) but once he starts to daydream, it is very difficult to bring him back. Eg eating - he could finish 3/4 of his meal and start to daydream when he only only 2 spoonful left. That 2 spoonful could take double the time once he drifts into daydream mode. His Chinese teacher also commented that he can be very extreme in completing his work - either among the fastest or the last and if she asked him what he is daydreaming about, he would just grin and can't really say. I'm really frustrated as I find myself becoming more and more of a nag by reminding him to continue with what he is doing. But then again, I thought this is quite a common trait among pre-schoolers, esp those with shorter attention span ie hyperactive type. Hubby is not that concerned as he thinks daydreaming is good (translates into creative thinking) and of course, the fact that he is also a daydreamer since young!
 
On Power Rangers syndrome, I hate to put my hands up too. JK is not exposed to this kind of cartoon at home but still, he somehow picks all these up from his sch friends. He would show off those fighting stances and becomes rude to even me when he is agitated eg saying things like "I have special powers, I can box you etc." I brought this up to his teachers during the mid-term review and they told me that some other parents have also raised the same issue. They stressed that violence actions and words are prohibited in sch but pointed out that it might be due to the influence from the older kids taking the same sch bus. This seems like a boys problem.
 
Hi mummies, did any of your child have referral letter after the HPB eyecheck? My gal got it and was asked to go to the polyclinic refraction clinic. Considering to bring her to an optometrist instead. Hope she doesn't need glasses...sigh.
 
Hi Isabelle,

I do suggest going via the Polyclinic route to get referral to KKH ... it doesn't take as long as you think, if you do not opt for the children specialist section (which I can't remember the dept's name ... CDU?) ... the wait is within 1 month, and sometimes u can get appt within a week, just to see the PD before getting referred to specialist help.

My son has been attending an total-brain enrichment program for over a year and the teacher has been sharing knowledge with us on various types of brains/kids behaviour. Her school does have various tests including IQ, Dylexia, etc ... and she does hint "obviously" to her students' parents if she notice that the kid has certain mis-behaviour to be corrected. It's never never too late to do something abt anything, go with your instinct.

Hi 2boys_mum ... r u working or staying at home? Putting a child in childcare vs a kindergarten is VERY different. Trust me coz I went through both. In a childcare, or rather a goood childcare, you can make request or discuss with teachers on certain corrective actions you'll like the teacher to help. But not so in a kindergarten, esp one with 20+ kids. Mine is currently in a kindergarten, and before I enrolled him, the office administrater upon knowing where we were from formally told me to lower my expectations, repeatedly. I used to be very good frens with the teachers in my son's former childcare, but not anymore in this schoo, since I don't even have a chance to see who they are. If u are not working, then try to spend time with him. I realize that once kids are bored, they tend to find their own little enjoyment that bloom to overtake their daily lives ... btw, it's normal for kids not to concentrate in class ... mine does too, daydreaming, and I guess part of it is due to the mandane schooling life that they are starting now (table work like writing, readers, maths), and needs to get used to, or be spiced up.

Meilan ... think I've shared on the 2 pri schools that I've viewed before ... :->, like u, I was impresssed with 1 of it but it's been so long that I've stepped into a pri school...

on power rangers or learning inappropriate behaviour from the peers, I'm starting to explain in details that B can make his choice. I'll point out why something that he's doing or saying is no good and he can choose not to do it, or if he feels that he should do it, then by all means go ahead. Recently, he said "nai nai nai pu pu" and I've told him that it's not a good term to use and why ... and a kid in his gym said that to him subsequently which he told that off to the coach. I'll also tell him that if the other kids are doing the "wrong" things, then that's bcos they do not know why, and he could explain to them, but if they still do not accept or listen to him, then it's their choice too. B's been diagnosed as one that's easily influenced by others and that's why I've decided that to be influenced is unavoidable but he needs to be influenced in an appropriate way.

.ky.
 
hi mummies...

how come some of your 2003 babies start to actually sourcing for primary schools already huh??

hi isabelle,

last time my mum also brought my bro to kk for speech therapy, correcting his speech...actually it takes much encouragement and patience.Now my bro even doing customer service. So,no worries...If there's good belief, anything is possible.

ky,
you mean kindergarten school that doubles as a childcare centre also different from those "Real" childcare centers? Now, my boy is in the PCF NTUC childcare centres.
yup, i am a PTWM,spending more time with him now...

Meilan,
my boys also always singing those children's bad "slogans" ... gosh,i just always grinned at them when they say those,as I think they will out-grown. Geez,when I was young,I also likes to say all these...haha, i think that's part of childhood ba...think shld highlight to them already..
 
hi...

anyone staying at Sengkang area?? What do you think of the Compassvale Primary & Rivervale Primary?
 
Meilan
As for the school visit, hw do you know which school is having open house?? Any webby??

Daydreaming
My son will also daydream when he's doing his work. I'll ak him to write his spelling words 10 times everyday. But when i test him right after i ask him to write, he will still dunno hw to spell.. It's like he do the work i assign him for the sake of doing.. I dunno hw to make him concentrate on his studies.. And it worries me.. I know this is common in preschooler. But what if i didnt correct him in time and he have this habit till he goes into primary school.. Won't it affect his studies in the future then??
 
Hi Isabella,

Sorry that i did not make myself very clear the last round
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Could you kindly refer to http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/353638/1556732.html?1216022530
 
2boys_mum
My mother staying in SK. And I'm also moving to sk in yr 2011. I didnt hear anything good or bad regarding the 2 schools u mention. But personally, I'm looking at Nan Chiau or Seng Kang Primary. Nan chiau concentrate on Chinese. P3 students will have to take higher chinese. But it's very stressful.. My nephew is studying there now. I can see that he's v.stress in his studies. As for Sengkang, I hear good things from my mother's neighbours and some on the news.. Seems like their standard have improved over the years.. My bro was a student there. And always complain that the school no good. But now, i hardly hear my neighbors children complain about the school. I think I'll most probably choose SK primary if I'm fetching my son over to stay with me. Or if my son staying with my mil during weekdays den i think I'll choose Jingshan Primary at AMK.
 
Hi 2 boys mum. Welcome to the very rare club of mum with 3 or more kids heehee. I have 3 too - born in 2003, 2005 & 2007. How old is your no. 2? We used to keep a chart of who's who but I'm a bit out of touch now as I realised there are a couple of newcomers.

Isabella, I'm the reverse of your case. My mum lives in AMK and me in SK. Which part of SK will you be moving to? Which cohort was your hubby from? My siblings were from DQPS too so chances are one of us might have crossed paths with him. Er, how old is your brother? Just wondering cos you said he was from Sengkang Pri which I thought was only built a few years back.

For pri schs, I'm undecided. At first I was deciding between Nan Chiau and Rivervale but I've got negative feedback abt Rivervale from a few teachers (from other schs) who won't be sending their kids there. Nan Chiau, I've been calling to ask about open house and P1 programme but so far my impression has been bad with such replies - look up the website yourself; get someone to call you back (which they never); call back some other time. Maybe they are so popular in this area they don't bother to entertain enquiries. So now I'm casting my net wider. Just heard abt a new sch - North Vista at Buangkok. I heard they have no exams up to P3! Hubby was very excited but I could not find their contact no so still waiting to check it out. Compassvale pri - my neigbour's son is a P6 student there. The sch seems quite KS and he's been studying very hard since P1, so I have my reservations.
 
Meilan
I'll be moving to the block opposite of Rivervale Plaza. My hubby is a 1982 baby. I dunno which yr he graduated though.. Lazy too do the calculation... Me also 3 babies.. One in 2003, 2005, & 2008. For the 2 elder children of yours. Which month were they born?? Mine was in Aug 2003 & Jan 2005.

NanChiau
I called and ask about the PVS. The ppl there also give a 'dun-give-a-damn' attitude. I ask my nephew to help me take the PV form but they didnt give it to him. Ask him wait & wait.. I was so pissed off.. Though it's a good school but with the teachers and stuffs giving this kind of attitude, I thinking twice on sending my son there.

Meilan
Since you're staying in SK, i strongly recommend SK Primary. And ya, my bro is only 17 this yr..
 
Hi 2boys_mum,

I'm also on the lookout for P1. The schs need to be single session as I've wanted to enrol Z to aftersch care. FTWM has limited time to coach with hmwork. I dun want both of us to pour over hmwork till 11+ which I've seen often with frens n relatives. Tot to use my free time for creative learning. N we cant placed him near our hm. Hb working ard Kallang and I'm at west. So we zoomed to St Andrew n Maris Stella. Both boys sch. And i get to know the schs hv after sch care within sch compound.

MIL is currently looking after Z. Her addy is within 2km of St Andrew.
 
meilan ... no list update coz I think worrymum's quite busy ... 2boys_mum ... hm, NTUC childcare? huh, I don't hear much good reviews abt it, already hear 2 incidents of teachers that hit kids that are from 2 different branches of NTUC childcare. childcare also have different kind ... guess NTUC is more into the childcaring type rather than academic, but it's just purely my own speculation.

oh, I've started looking at pri school coz folks my area kept talking abt it, and I had time to do PV this year and so I decided to get it over and done with, coz there's no way I can do PV now ... for the openhouse, it's usually this period, and yes, the office should be able to tell u, and u can lookout for the banners outside the school for the dates.

.ky.
 
hi meilan,
my 2nd one is 2005...third one next yr...jan 2009...geegee... i feel a big challenge to be a mother of three...most of my friends not even mother of one. thus,some tease me as baby making machine...mmm duno is compliment or not... :p

moo87
oh ya hor... have to take note single session or double session hor...

wonder what session the schools having:
1.NAN CHIU
2.RIVERVALE
3.SENGKANG
i think i saw someone posting some bad comments on RIVERVALE primary,can elaborate?

cheers...
 
Hello everybody!

Guess our K1 kids are experiencing a mini dose of the real school life now
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Mine is enjoying his. And I'm looking forward to his camp organised by his school at the end of the year.
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Any other kindergartens having such an event too?

As for schools, I'm looking at Beacon Primary - a future school. Not much info on it but it looks fun as learning will be engaged via virtual world too. Hmm, but I'm wondering how it ties in with the normal curriculum. Guess I'll have to approach the school personally.
 


Hi Serenade ... there was an openhouse last Sat at Beacon. Did you go? B's vice principal at his kindergarten now is happy with it

.ky.
 
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